Women injured by vaginal mesh to speak at Oireachtas health committee

The specialised scanners which can detect can see mesh and mesh remnants are in place in both Cork University Maternity Hospital and the National Maternity Hospital. Picture: Larry Cummins.

Questions will be raised about access to vital diagnostic machines, for woman affected by deteriorating vaginal mesh, during the Oireachtas health committee today.

Patient groups representing women from Ireland and Northern Ireland will address the session, and are expected to say they still have no access to specialised scanners.